Researching Local History

©Bryan Phillips Dec 2024

What are you interested in?

There are so many areas which can be researched that it is almost overwhelming, even for a small village such as Milton Abbas.

Here are some topics which we are making progress on:

  • house
  • street
  • pub
  • shop
  • transport
  • market, fair
  • occupations
  • period of time
  • families, children
  • landscape
  • archaeology
  • signposts
  • roads, hedges
  • population
  • police constable
  • church – warden
  • memorials
  • non-conformist
  • overseer
  • women
  • maps, boundaries, LiDAR
  • land owners
  • farms, agriculture, crops
  • timeline, events
  • photographs
  • graffiti
  • memories – oral history
  • criminals
  • tragedies, accidents, fires
  • WW1 and WW2
  • interesting people

If you are interested in these topics or would like to suggest other areas of your interests please Contact us.

For more information on the resources which can be used see our Resources webpage.